Grand winter excursions to the Azores, Madeira, the Mediterranean and the Orient . hecatomb ofserpentine column in thecentre still bears the mark of the famous sabre-stroke of Ma-homet, the Conqueror. Other points of interest are the Museum of the Janissaries,the Seraglio Gardens, where the inclined plane may still beseen, by which faithless odalisques were rolled into the sea,and the Sublime Porte; the tower of the Seraskierat (War Of-fice), the tombs of the Sultans Mahmud and Abdul Aziz; themagnificent palace, or ratherthe imperial city of Dolma :Bagtche, the residence of theSultans; the Gre
Grand winter excursions to the Azores, Madeira, the Mediterranean and the Orient . hecatomb ofserpentine column in thecentre still bears the mark of the famous sabre-stroke of Ma-homet, the Conqueror. Other points of interest are the Museum of the Janissaries,the Seraglio Gardens, where the inclined plane may still beseen, by which faithless odalisques were rolled into the sea,and the Sublime Porte; the tower of the Seraskierat (War Of-fice), the tombs of the Sultans Mahmud and Abdul Aziz; themagnificent palace, or ratherthe imperial city of Dolma :Bagtche, the residence of theSultans; the Great Wall be-gun by Theodosius, whichprotected the town towards theland side, the large cisterns,which are said to have fur-nished water for one millionmen during four months, andthe Castle of the SevenTowers,of evil fame, recalling the worstepochs of tyranny of the Sul-tans. The Great Bazaar, thatuniversal and perpetual fair, will well repay a prolonged contains innumerable shops, where all the different tradesare carried on and almost everything useful or ornamental 27. MOSQUE OF AHMED, CONSTANTINOPLE. may be purchased. The endless rows of stalls along- eachside of a covered street, where articles are often manufacturedas well as sold, present a constant succession of novel scenes,and the motly throng of purchasers is extremely Turks, thin-bearded Arabs, melancholy-looking Ar-menians, swaggering Greeks, Dervishes in their peculiar dress,crowned with high caps, and many others are all crowdedtogether, each driving his own bargain and betraying by hisphysiognomy and gestures, the characteristics of his calling,nation and habits. Constantinople can also boast of hospitals,almshouses, schools, colleges and public libraries, which sur-pass any now existing in other parts of the Mohammedan world. Scutari, with its beautiful cemeteries, should be visited, andBuyukdere, the glory of the Bosphorus. There are few places which excite the fancy of the traveleras Sta
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